Matsyapurana 125.25

125.25

ānayatyātmavegena siñcayāno mahāgirim
himavantamatikramya vṛṣṭiśeṣaṃ tataḥ param //

The sixth air Parivaha is their chief support. The same air holds the Âkaśa Ganges, whose waters are holy, nectarlike and pass in three directions. The elephants hold down (Diggajas) her sacred waters in their bulky trunks and throw them diffused by the air and the same is styled dew. The Mount Hemakûta is in the south (of Meru?); to the north and south of the snow clad Mounts (Himâvata) is the Pundra cloud which greatly increases the stock of rain. All the rain formed there converts itself into the snow. The wind on the Himavata draws by its own force these snow flakes and pours them on the great mountains. Beyond the Himâvata there is little rain.—20 25.